Month: September 2017

There has always been a certain romance that comes with taking the train, from the cross-country trip to the Orient Express. Not everyone can afford to take that time off, or can afford the costs that such a trip entails, but for those of us heading to the Northeast for a vacation, there’s a shorter option, that lets you keep your car with you. Leaving out of Sanford, Amtrak operates an Auto-Train that travels to Northern Virginia, an hour outside of Washington, DC. It makes no other stops, and does not accept passengers who are not traveling with their...

It’s been a little over a month since the kids went back to school. While summer may be expensive with summer camps and vacations, the start of the school year comes with its own costs such as school supplies, uniforms, school activities. So when something FREE comes along, we definitely try to take advantage of it. This Saturday is Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live! Museum goers all over the country get in free to participating museums. So if there is a museum that you have been dying to try, or weren’t certain how your kids would like it so...

For my son’s birthday, we went to T-Rex Cafe at Disney Springs. Touristy, I know, but he is obsessed with dinosaurs at-the-moment. We have never been before, even when we came to Orlando as tourists, because the lines outside are always super long. I mean like 45 minutes to an hour wait and ain’t nobody got time for that with hungry kids in tow. But in turns out, you can make a reservation! How wonderful is that. Five minutes after we arrived, we were shown to a table. The Setting Since the name of the restaurant is T-Rex, you...